Another quick question

[Jimbob]

You would think playing DND for nearly 10 years I should know the rules by now.

What's the rule on a caster using a scroll that is higher level then what he can cant normally. A 3rd level caster can cast 2nd level spells but I want to use 3rd and 4th level scrolls, whats the check for this?

Cheers once again.

[BobVosh]

Caster level check. DC=Level to actually cast this spell

[blazinghand]

Caster Level Check, DC is actually CL of scroll + 1.

If the user meets all the requirements noted above, and her caster level is at least equal to the spell’s caster level, she can automatically activate the spell without a check. If she meets all three requirements but her own caster level is lower than the scroll spell’s caster level, then she has to make a caster level check (DC = scroll’s caster level + 1) to cast the spell successfully. If she fails, she must make a DC 5 Wisdom check to avoid a mishap (see Scroll Mishaps, below). A natural roll of 1 always fails, whatever the modifiers.

[Yuki Akuma]

This means it is pitifully easy to cast scrolls two or three spell levels higher than your current maximum.

And in fact, at level 1, you have a 20% chance of casting a 9th level spell from a scroll.

(And at level 4, the first time you can actually afford a 9th level scroll, you have a 35% chance. And remember, if you fail to cast, nothing bad happens to the scroll if you succeed a DC 5 Wisdom check.)